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#endregion

// .NET Compact Framework 1.0 has no support for reading assembly attributes
#if !NETCF

using System;

namespace log4net.Config {
  /// <summary>
  /// Assembly level attribute that specifies the logging repository for the assembly.
  /// </summary>
  /// <remarks>
  /// <para>
  /// Assemblies are mapped to logging repository. This attribute specified 
  /// on the assembly controls
  /// the configuration of the repository. The <see cref="Name"/> property specifies the name
  /// of the repository that this assembly is a part of. The <see cref="RepositoryType"/>
  /// specifies the type of the <see cref="log4net.Repository.ILoggerRepository"/> object 
  /// to create for the assembly. If this attribute is not specified or a <see cref="Name"/> 
  /// is not specified then the assembly will be part of the default shared logging repository.
  /// </para>
  /// <para>
  /// This attribute can only be specified on the assembly and may only be used
  /// once per assembly.
  /// </para>
  /// </remarks>
  /// <author>Nicko Cadell</author>
  /// <author>Gert Driesen</author>
  [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly)]
  [Serializable]
  public /*sealed*/ class RepositoryAttribute : Attribute {
    #region Public Instance Constructors

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RepositoryAttribute" /> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// Default constructor.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    public RepositoryAttribute() {}

    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize a new instance of the <see cref="RepositoryAttribute" /> class 
    /// with the name of the repository.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="name">The name of the repository.</param>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// Initialize the attribute with the name for the assembly's repository.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    public RepositoryAttribute(string name) {
      Name = name;
    }

    #endregion Public Instance Constructors

    #region Public Instance Properties

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the name of the logging repository.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>
    /// The string name to use as the name of the repository associated with this
    /// assembly.
    /// </value>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// This value does not have to be unique. Several assemblies can share the
    /// same repository. They will share the logging configuration of the repository.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    public string Name { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the type of repository to create for this assembly.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>
    /// The type of repository to create for this assembly.
    /// </value>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// The type of the repository to create for the assembly.
    /// The type must implement the <see cref="log4net.Repository.ILoggerRepository"/>
    /// interface.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// This will be the type of repository created when 
    /// the repository is created. If multiple assemblies reference the
    /// same repository then the repository is only created once using the
    /// <see cref="RepositoryType" /> of the first assembly to call into the 
    /// repository.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    public Type RepositoryType { get; set; }

    #endregion Public Instance Properties

    #region Private Instance Fields

    #endregion Private Instance Fields

    //
    // Class is not sealed because DomainAttribute extends it while it is obsoleted
    // 
  }
}

#endif // !NETCF